The first batch of HCB for 2014. Inspired by sudden rain and a Southerly change, late on a mid-March Sunday morning. The sun is bright but the air is cooler. The mornings are beginning to smell like Easter. It’s a time for earthy spices, treacly dates and soft, steaming-hot baked goods. Continue reading →

If I can’t go back to Four & Twenty Blackbirds every weekend,
at least I can work my way though the The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book.
And maybe I’ll eventually get my head around lattice crusts at the same time.
Two birds, one stone… Continue reading →

Last weekend.
Endless blue skies.
The magnificent Buena Vista Farm.
A day-long “From Scratch” workshop.
Exploring.
Gathering vegetables.
Harassing the happy animals.
Learning how to make all the simple things you never thought you could make at home.
Laughing. Making. Playing. Eating. Continue reading →

Isobel usually has white-blonde hair ‘fading’ to dark blue at the ends. (She now has peachy-red hair ‘fading’ to same.) Isobel likes EasyWay iced tea and chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. (She also like dinosaurs.)

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These are the recipes of The Lucky Baker.

Usually experimental. Never perfect. Usually dependant on what’s in season and what’s in (or not in) my kitchen. Lucky only in the sense that the more you work at something, the more fortunate the results.

I am…

...The Lucky Baker. An Australian in New York City. A proofreader. A baker of cookies and pies and cakes (sometimes). Still getting to know sourdough, Fahrenheit, and American butter.